The questions
1 If Seth was number three, who were number one and number two?
2 Where is the Cradle of Humankind located?
3 Which Shakespeare title character is killed halfway through the play?
4 Which denomination euro banknote is no longer in circulation?
5 Who was “no Jack Kennedy”?
6 What micro-animals are nicknamed water bears?
7 What was named Toy of the Century in 2000?
8 Abel Meeropol wrote which anti-lynching anthem?
What links:
9 Solway Firth and Marshall Meadows Bay, over a distance of 96 miles?
10 The Eagles; the Shadows; the Band?
11 Dartmouth; Eleanor; Beaver (1773)?
12 Artemisia Gentileschi; Sofonisba Anguissola; Lavinia Fontana?
13 Flip flap; rabona; Panenka; Marseille turn?
14 Grass; river; mud; forest; snowstorm; cave?
15 Osborne House; Quarr Abbey; Carisbrooke Castle?
The answers
1 Cain and Abel (Adam and Eve’s named children).
2 Gauteng, South Africa (paleo-anthropological site).
3 Julius Caesar.
4 500 euro.
5 Dan Quayle (according to Lloyd Bentsen, 1988).
6 Tardigrades (moss piglets).
7 Lego (British Association of Toy Retailers).
8 Strange Fruit.
9 Anglo-Scottish Border.
10 One-time backing bands: Linda Ronstadt; Cliff Richard; Bob Dylan.
11 Ships in the Boston Tea Party.
12 Women painters of the Italian Renaissance & Baroque.
13 Football tricks and skills.
14 Obstacles in Michael Rosen’s We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.
15 Historic buildings on the Isle of Wight.
